WH 238
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 238
- Transliteration
- l ʿḏ bn ʿḏ bn ġṯ w mṭy wḥd {-h} m- ḥrn f h s²{ʿ}{h}{q}{m} {s¹}{l}{m}
- Translation
- By ʿḏ son of ʿḏ son of Ġṯ and he travelled quickly alone from the Ḥrn so O {S²ʿhqm} [grant] {security}
Interpretation
- Apparatus Criticus
- WH 283: mṭy w ḥdy m- ḥrn "he made a hasty journey driving camels from the Ḥrn" for mṭy wḥd {-h} m- ḥrn "he travelled quickly alone from the Ḥrn"; Macdonald 2009, II: 340: w mṭy wḥd{h} m- ḥrn "and he travelled in haste from the Ḥawrān by himself";
- Commentary
- The final letters after s² are not visible on the photograph but are present on WH's copy.
- Original Reading Credit
- Ed. pr.
- Technique
- Scratched
- Associated Remains
- Cairn
- Associated Inscriptions
- WH 256-263
- Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
- Site
- WH Cairn 7, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- in situ
- Subject
- Genealogy
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0010996
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